Package: reportbug
Version: 3.28
Severity: important
Tags: patch
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1708, in ?
main()
File "/usr/bin/reportbug", line 1699, in main
smtphost, options.smtpuser, options.smtppasswd, options.paranoid)
File "/usr/share/reportbug/reportbug_submit.py", line 439, in send_report
(sysinfo['email'] % 'n'), (sysinfo['email'] % '999999'))
File "/usr/share/reportbug/reportbug_ui_text.py", line 198, in long_message
ewrite(indent_wrap_text(text % args))
File "/usr/share/reportbug/reportbug_ui_text.py", line 48, in ewrite
sys.stderr.write(message % args)
TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
The main problem is that you're passing strings to ewrite()
without checking for formatting characters.
The fix is slightly hackish, but simple:
- --- reportbug_ui_text.py 2006-08-15 22:12:38.000000000 +0200
+++ /tmp/reportbug.patch 2006-08-22 12:47:13.370823964 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@
if not ISATTY:
return
- - sys.stderr.write(message % args)
+ if args:
+ sys.stderr.write(message % args)
+ else:
+ sys.stderr.write(message)
sys.stderr.flush()
log_message = ewrite
Similar bugs may be in the other frontends; I didn't check.
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